Pottsville Area teachers to share experiences by switching classrooms

In an effort to understand each other's jobs, a collection of teachers at Pottsville Area School District will switch classrooms Tuesday.

For fun, even Superintendent Jeffrey S. Zwiebel is planning step in for Craig Shoener, band director.

"I was band director at Pine Grove Area from 1990 to 1997. So I asked Craig if I could conduct concert band during last period Tuesday," Zwiebel said at the school board's November meeting Wednesday night.

The school district had engaged a similar program previously, giving teachers a chance to learn what each other's jobs are like. But Zwiebel couldn't recall when it was done. He thought it was more than five years ago.

Tuesday's event is being coordinated with help from Kristyn Case, the first-grade lead teacher at John S. Clarke Elementary Center. So far, 18 teachers have signed up to participate, Zwiebel said.

"I would first like to thank you for being brave enough to volunteer to go into unchartered territory. I truly think that this will be a great way to truly appreciate one another and what it is we all go through in a day," Case said in an email to participating teachers this week.

"It is strongly recommended that you all get together for a face-to-face meeting about your switch. Detailed lesson plans/letters are also a given. If you go to a different building you will need to know start times, procedures etc. and perhaps be caught up on quirks about the classes you will be teaching," Case said in her email.

In other matters at the school board's meeting Wednesday, the board took action on the following agenda items:

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